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A couple of paperback covers to Hemingway books

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Today’s used bookstore finds — Ohio, old northwest centric including a signed Walter Havighurst

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Guest column | What are the best adventure novels? Let’s add a hidden gem to the list. “The Rose of Tibet” by Lionel Davidson is an unsung classic of the genre. It’s up there with “Treasure Island,” “The Scarlet Pimpernel” and “The Princess Bride.”

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What are the best adventure novels? Let’s add a hidden gem to the list.

Precursor to Devo?

Actually I go back to Plato’s cave. The Trump followers believe in manipulated shadows and if one of them escapes to tell them about the outside world, those in the cave don’t believe in the outside reality

I don’t like reality so I am firing those that represent it

Worth remembering:

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
—Eleanor Roosevelt

I’m more concerned about 50 years ago today the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

100 years before bad boy tech bros of Silicon Valley, the early days of the Detroit auto industry

Name for an Indy band?

I’m an irate parent who didn’t sign a consent form to allow for my fourth grader to be subjected to the weird fantasies of a manic depressive with delusional disorder.

CVS now offers brain support

If I live to be 100, I vow to spend at least one of my remaining years compiling a “Best Of” compilation from the God-knows-how-many compilations compiled by John Timbs, a compiler who was perhaps the greatest of all compilers.

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A million years ago I spent a summer working for a law firm in Pittsburghs Frick building. It’s next door to the Carnegie building and the lore was he had it built taller so Carnegie would always be in his shadow.

As a purist of must know where’s the plain option? Now get off my lawn

Down The Drain Ken Nordine, The Fred Katz Group · Son Of Word Jazz · Song · 1958

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Reason given?

Nonsense Amusements Plato at the Rave Welcome to the rage cave both old and odd Dark Rebellion In front of the crowd he threw the detached cl...

Dangerous and demented word play

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Stairway Sandusky Ohio

“413 is in Command engine command override off. Engine arm off.
Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed
The flight surgeon reported Armstrings pulse rate at 150 per minute Estimated fuel remaining in Eagle about 10 seconds

Somehow I think of these folding chairs marching in close order drill

Reciprocating with a book I return to every summer

The Beauty of Trees and Books There are many reasons to buy a book -- the subject matter, you like the author, acquire knowledge, or entertainment. I bought this book ,...

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